Re: Can I use a constraint to make sure all array elements are positive?

From: Sergey Konoplev <gray(dot)ru(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: AlexK <alkuzo(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Can I use a constraint to make sure all array elements are positive?
Date: 2014-03-19 22:20:57
Message-ID: CAL_0b1vXy66xuJB5bO9_YtTCdUJDq5k+rgZ=uR5mAoBg+S_PZA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 2:59 PM, AlexK <alkuzo(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> One of the columns in my table is FLOAT[] NOT NULL. Can I use a constraint to
> make sure all array elements are positive?

Sure, you can. Use all() in the CHECK constraint:

CREATE TABLE c (f float[] NOT NULL CHECK (0 < all(f)));
CREATE TABLE

INSERT INTO c VALUES (array[1,2,3]);
INSERT 0 1

INSERT INTO c VALUES (array[1,2,3,0]);
ERROR: new row for relation "c" violates check constraint "c_f_check"
DETAIL: Failing row contains ({1,2,3,0}).

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